Hou Yi Shoots the Sun, Nine Suns Fall

The Heavenly Court's Di Jun and Xihe were suddenly alarmed. They felt the protective measures they had set for their ten children being activated.

"This is bad! Xihe, you and the others guard the Heavenly Court and stay alert. I'm going to Yingzhou Immortal Island to see what's happened."

Before anyone else could react, Di Jun vanished. As a peak expert at the Quasi-Saint level, Di Jun moved incredibly fast. He quickly descended from the Thirty-Three Heavens and headed towards Yingzhou Immortal Island in the East Sea.

Upon entering Yingzhou Immortal Island, Di Jun discovered his ten children were gone. Seeing that the guarding army was unharmed, he immediately understood what had happened!

"A Saint! A Saint! To commit such a shameless act!"

Di Jun's face flushed with anger. The River Diagram and Luo Shu flew out, constantly deducing. Di Jun had now seen through the heavenly secrets and obtained some clues, allowing him to indirectly deduce the whereabouts of the ten princes.

Following the direction the ten Golden Crows had flown, Di Jun traveled along the way. The scene was a tragic one, filled with the remnants of Solar True Fire. With so many lives lost, he could only imagine that his children had provoked the pursuit of the Witch Clan.

"Ah! No! My son!"

Di Jun's heart suddenly ached. He felt a premonition, a sense of unease. As a Quasi-Saint, he knew his senses were not mistaken. Zhunti had acted ruthlessly; the temporary passage led directly into the heart of the Primordial Desolation. Even with Di Jun's cultivation, it would take a considerable amount of time to travel from the East Sea to the Golden Crows.

Di Jun flew faster and faster, his panic and anger growing. The sense of unease had occurred multiple times; his children were likely in grave danger.

Just as Di Jun descended from the Thirty-Three Heavens, searching for the ten princes, the ten Golden Crows finally used the protective talismans Di Jun had given them. Under the activation of the eldest prince, a great sun suddenly appeared in the void. Infinite Solar True Fire, condensed to its absolute extreme, was unleashed. The Solar True Fire on the bodies of the ten princes combined was not even a ten-thousandth of this great sun.

"Boom!"

The great sun fell. The entire area was affected: lakes dried up, green mountains turned to charcoal, and the void itself was scorched and distorted.

Although Kuafu was a powerful expert at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, he could not resist the protective treasure given by a Quasi-Saint to those closest to him!

As Kuafu pursued the ten Golden Crows, near Kuafu's tribe, another Witch Clan leader, Hou Yi, was also rushing towards the scene. Enraged by the Demon Race's rampage and the deaths of countless tribesmen, Hou Yi intended to do the same as Kuafu: kill them!

Following the trail, Hou Yi's speed was far greater than Kuafu's. As a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert, Hou Yi was one of the most powerful Great Witches in the entire Witch Clan, his archery unmatched in the world.

Even the Ancestral Witches had repeatedly praised him, believing Hou Yi had the potential to ascend to the Ancestral Witch realm. When the Witch Clan was selecting its thirteenth Ancestral Witch, Hou Yi was a strong candidate, narrowly losing to Zhou Ji, who possessed a Nascent Soul.

Sensing the immense red sun falling to the earth from a hundred thousand miles away, Hou Yi's heart leaped into his throat. He and Kuafu were neighbors and close friends, so he knew Kuafu's strength and that he would have difficulty resisting the attack of this great sun.

Sensing Kuafu was in trouble, Hou Yi removed the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow from his back and, like a shooting star, rapidly arrived at the spot where the great sun had fallen.

The scene was engulfed in flames, and everything in sight was scorched black.

Rivers had dried up, mountains had cracked, and vegetation had been burned to ashes.

Kuafu's towering figure stood rigidly on the ground, his eyes wide open, his peach wood staff still held in an attacking posture. However, he was completely devoid of life, clearly having died under the power of one of Di Jun's talismans.

"Damn it! You feathered beasts!"

Seeing his friend dead, Hou Yi was overcome with grief. Holding the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, he drew an arrow and loosed it. "Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh." How terrifying was a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal wielding a divine weapon?

One arrow for each Golden Crow. In an instant, the sky was filled with continuous screams. One Golden Crow after another was pierced by the arrows and fell towards the earth.

Three Golden Crows remained, desperately fleeing. The Demon Race princes were now utterly terrified, their previous arrogance gone. They wished they had an extra pair of wings to escape this nightmare even faster.

"Little beasts! Today I will destroy the Golden Crow clan. In the decisive battle to come, I will slay Di Jun and Tai Yi, and from then on, there will be no more Golden Crows in the Primordial Desolation!"

Watching the three fleeing Golden Crows, Hou Yi sneered. He drew another divine arrow to its full extent and released the string. "Swoosh," the arrow broke through the air, piercing the body of the fastest Golden Crow, which fell to the earth, transforming into an endless sea of fire.

"Second Brother!"

The remaining two Golden Crows, their hearts filled with terror, cried out in grief. They didn't dare to stop, instead flying even faster towards the horizon.

"Damn it! You person of the Witch Clan, stop at once!"

Finally, exerting his full power, Di Jun had flown from the East Sea to the heart of the Primordial Desolation at an incredible speed. He arrived just in time to witness the tragic death of his second son.

Watching Hou Yi draw his bow and nock another arrow, Di Jun crossed a distance of a million miles in an instant. Boundless Solar True Fire burned everything, turning a radius of a million miles into a fiery realm.

"Swoosh!"

Piercing another Golden Crow, Hou Yi felt Di Jun's terrifying aura. Without time to think, he drew his bow and nocked another arrow, aiming at the last Golden Crow.

"Father Emperor, save me!"

Little Ten, Lu Ya, felt the proximity of death for the first time. He flew with all his might towards the approaching Di Jun.

"Hou Yi! You court death! Please, turn the treasure!"

Di Jun held a yellow gourd in his hand. The void shattered under Di Jun's immense magical power. The gourd entered the pitch-black spatial rift. The next instant, it burst forth from nothingness, shattering the void and appearing near Hou Yi.

A beam of faint light shot out from the gourd. It was three zhang tall, and on it appeared an object seven inches long, with eyebrows and eyes. Two white beams shot from its eyes, enveloping Hou Yi. Hou Yi felt his mind reel, and before he could understand what was happening, the gourd circled him three times. A beam of white light severed Hou Yi's head, killing this top-tier Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

"Witch Clan! I will have eternal enmity with your Witch Clan!"

After dealing with Hou Yi and saving Lu Ya, Di Jun's fury erupted completely. He had almost lost his reason, wanting to send word to the Heavenly Court to mobilize the army and engage the Witch Clan in a decisive battle ahead of schedule.

Meanwhile, the news of the ten Golden Crows wreaking havoc in the Primordial Desolation also reached the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Upon learning that their kin had been harmed by the Golden Crows and suffered countless casualties, and receiving further information that Di Jun had descended into the Primordial Desolation, the Twelve Ancestral Witches felt this was a heaven-sent opportunity. If they could join forces and kill Di Jun immediately, the Heavenly Court would be without a ruler, and the Demon Race would collapse without a fight!